Order Rodentia - Family Sciuridae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
754
818
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
Bachman 1839
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
Bachman 1839
,
J. Acad. Nat. Sci.
Philadelphia
, 8: 71
.
Type Locality:
"Green River, near mouth of Big Sandy Creek, [Sweetwater Co.,] Wyo[ming]." [
USA
].
Vernacular Names:
Least Chipmunk
.
Subspecies:
:
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
minimus
Bachman 1839
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
atristriatus
V. Bailey 1913
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
borealis
J. A. Allen 1877
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
cacodemus
Cary 1906
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
caniceps
Osgood 1900
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
caryi
Merriam 1908
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
confinis
A. H. Howell 1925
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
consobrinus
J. A. Allen 1890
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
grisescens
A. H. Howell 1925
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
hudsonius
Anderson and Rand 1944
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
neglectus
J. A. Allen 1890
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
operarius
Merriam 1905
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
oreocetes
Merriam 1897
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
pallidus
J. A. Allen 1874
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
pictus
J. A. Allen 1890
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
scrutator
Hall and Hatfield 1934
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
selkirki
Cowan 1946
Subspecies
Tamias (Neotamias) minimus
subsp.
silvaticus
White 1952
Distribution:
C
Yukon
(
Canada
) south through Sierra
Nevada
and S
New Mexico
, east to
Michigan
(
USA
) and W
Quebec
(
Canada
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Critically Endangered as
T
. m.
atristriatus, Vulnerable
as
T
. m. selkirki
, otherwise Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Neotamias
. Southern Rocky Mtn populations revised by
Sullivan (1985)
. Reviewed by Verts and Carraway (2001, Mammalian Species No. 653).